Aug 30, 20223 min read

The Beginning

If you've seen The Sound of Music, then you know what Maria thinks about the beginning of things: "Let's start at the very beginning. A...

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Sep 5, 20233 min read

The Tyranny of Motherhood

What will my children say I cared about? On a day like today, at least one of them (the young one—the middle school boy) would say I care...

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Dec 1, 20224 min read

Outsides and Insides

The first thing you should know is that I have given up Diet Coke, and I've survived. It's alright if that fills you with jealous rage....

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Oct 25, 20223 min read

Sisyphus and the rock.

I'm tired, fam. Tired. There was a time that I questioned my right to say such a thing, since my grandparents were tobacco farmers and my...

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Oct 11, 20223 min read

Rewriting the Script

From what I've learned of brain science, the more we think of things in a certain way, the more we're wired to continue to think of...

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Sep 27, 20223 min read

Happy Birthday.

For years and years, when I wanted to write about the affair and everything surrounding it but couldn't, because I was afraid, part of...

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Sep 20, 20224 min read

Hangover.

I have a vulnerability hangover after last week's post. It's odd what laying so many things out there did to my psyche for the week,...

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Sep 13, 20224 min read

So. What Happened?

I know what's missing here, in this retelling, and it probably seems like the next logical place to go. "So you say you had an affair--...

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ABOUT ME

C.M. is a mom, wife, librarian, and writer living in Virginia. She loves reading, binge-watching shows, and is willing to try to work through some truly awful shit in the name of mental health and clarity. (She is not actually a tiger swallowtail butterfly, but she likes them an awful lot.)

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What I'm Reading

This may or may not have anything to do with regret, ok? I'm a librarian-- indulge me.

Right now, I'm reading Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee. It's a light-hearted romp through a subject I could probably create a whole entire other blog about, since I have a parent with these tendencies and I want to help them, if I can. (But one blog is enough for me, m'kay? Minimalism appeals.)

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